Research Writing

The APA in-text citation follows the author-date system of citation. This means that the researcher has to cite author’s last name and the year of publication in the text that can be separated by a comma. There are certain situations where page number should also be cited but in most other cases the page number does not appear in the text …

Drafting the body of your paper means writing down all the information that you have collected, that includes notes, your analysis, statistics, and conclusions. By drafting the research paper we mean writing the research paper for the first time. You need to revise your draft several times before you have your final manuscript. Many students and their teachers prefer to …

There are some simple rules to follow that will help you not to plagiarize in research. What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is using another person’s ideas, thoughts, words or any other work without permission and duo credit. Plagiarism is a literary crime and a student can commit plagiarism intentionally or unintentionally. The student needs to be very careful in recording all …

The writing style in a research paper needs to be conventional and should abide by the guidelines provided by the institute. The aim of your writing should be to communicate properly to the audience. The text should feel organized and should flow smoothly. A good piece of writing follows a rhythm and flow and it has some sequence of ideas. …

To record notes for the research paper you need to have the bibliographic information of all the sources. These sources can be books, journals, CDs, magazines, newspapers, and websites. You have to preview the sources, skim the information, and finally note it down. The choice of whether to write down notes on paper or typewrite them on a computer is all …

The information required in citation in research may differ in the elements but the aim of the citation will remain same.There are different types of sources that researchers use in the research and every source needs more or less same elements of citation. Some sources like books, journals, magazines, web articles and newspapers have minor differences in the elements of …

There are various ways in which you can do the citation of books in research it depends on your university and academic area that what citation style you can and you should use. Harvard, APA, Chicago style are some of the well known citation style that are long been in use and are acceptable in different fields of research. Books …

Evaluating internet sources require both checking the content of the source as well as the credibility of the author and website. It should be noted that any person can write on the internet and can own a website therefore the credibility, reliability and validity of the information is often questioned. One should use internet sources only when other sources are …

Take notes for your research paper systematically and avoid the hassle while composing and writing it finally. By systematically it means that you should note down all the information along with the note that you have recorded with yourself. The information about the note should include the bibliographic data, any especial observation or keyword that you want to evaluate later …

When you will start searching for sources you might feel like every sources whether closely related or with a little relevance will be of help to you. This process yields so many sources and information that becomes difficult for you to analyze and decide which ones are better. Use only two criteria to decide what sources you have to keep …